Sándor Kocsis
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Sándor Péter Kocsis | ||
Date of birth | 21 September 1929 | ||
Place of birth | Budapest, Hungary | ||
Date of death | 22 July 1979 | (aged 49)||
Place of death | Barcelona, Spain | ||
Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)[1] | ||
Position(s) | Striker | ||
Youth career | |||
1943–1946 | Kőbányai TC | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1946 | Kőbányai TC | 5 | (0) |
1946–1950 | Ferencváros[i] | 84 | (67) |
1950–1956 | Honvéd | 160 | (177) |
1957–1958 | Young Fellows Zürich | 11 | (7) |
1958–1965 | Barcelona | 75 | (42[2]) |
Total | 335 | (293) | |
International career | |||
1948–1956 | Hungary | 68 | (75) |
Managerial career | |||
1971 | Hércules | ||
Alicante | |||
Hungary | |||
Medal record | |||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Sándor Péter Kocsis (
Kocsis was a prolific goalscorer for both
His 1.103 goals/game average is ranked No.1 for players past 43 caps in FIFA class-A competition, closely followed by Gerd Müller with 1.097 goals/game (68 goals in 62 games). They are the only two players in history above a +1.0 goals/game average encompassing over 43 internationals. Ferenc Puskás with .99 goals/game (84 goals in 85 matches) is currently ranked 3rd.
Sándor Kocsis registered a national record of seven hat tricks for Hungary, including a four-goal haul against West Germany at the 1954 World Cup.[5]
Career
Early years
Kocsis was born in
During the 1952 season at Honvéd, Kocsis was the world's top goalscorer in world 1st division football with 36 goals. He repeated that feat in 1954 with 33 goals.
1952 Olympics & 1948–53 Central European International Cup
Kocsis made his debut for the senior
Kocsis scored his first international hat trick in a game against
In 1953, Hungary defeated
1954 World Cup & 1955-60 Central European International Cup
He finished the
On 24 October 1954, he scored his sixth international hat trick and second against
Ending the Golden years with a silver medal at the
Honvéd World Tour
In 1956
Elimination left Honvéd in limbo. The players summoned their families from Budapest and, despite opposition from FIFA and the Hungarian football authorities, they organised a fundraising tour of Italy, Portugal, Spain and Brazil. After returning to Europe, the players parted ways. Some, including Bozsik, returned to Hungary while others, including Czibor, Kocsis and Puskás, found new clubs in Western Europe.
FC Barcelona and coaching career
Kocsis spent one season with
He scored twice in the 1959 Copa del Generalísimo final as FC Barcelona defeated Granada CF 4–1. In the 1960 European Cup he scored four of the goals in a 5–2 quarter-final win over Wolves. He also scored a hat trick against Real Sociedad in a La Liga game in 1961 and scored all three goals in the 1962 Fairs Cup final that they lost to Valencia CF 7–3 on aggregate. In 1961, he also played as a guest for Valencia CF and helped them win their own summer trophy, the Trofeo Naranja. He scored in both games as Valencia beat Botafogo and FC Barcelona. Kocsis also scored in the 1963 Copa del Generalísimo final held at the Camp Nou. FC Barcelona beat Real Zaragoza 3–1.
Later life and death
Kocsis retired as a player in 1966 and opened a restaurant in Barcelona called Tete D’ Or. He also worked as a coach with FC Barcelona and managed Hércules CF between 1972 and 1974. However his coaching career was cut short when he was diagnosed with leukemia and then stomach cancer. On 22 July 1979, aged 49, he fell to his death from the fourth floor of a hospital in Barcelona. It has been alleged that he committed suicide, though it may have been only an accident.[6][9]
Career statistics
Club
Club | Season | League | National cup[a] | League cup[b] | Continental | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Kőbányai TC | 1945–46 | Nemzeti Bajnokság I | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||||||
Ferencváros | 1946–47 | Nemzeti Bajnokság I | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | ||||||
1947–48 | 21 | 5 | 21 | 5 | ||||||||
1948–49 | 30 | 33 | 30 | 33 | ||||||||
1949–50 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 30 | ||||||||
Total | 84 | 67 | 84 | 67 | ||||||||
Budapest Honvéd | 1950 | Nemzeti Bajnokság I | 15 | 24 | 15 | 24 | ||||||
1951 | 26 | 30 | 1 | 3 | 27 | 33 | ||||||
1952 | 26 | 36 | 3 | 13 | 29 | 49 | ||||||
1953 | 25 | 24 | 25 | 24 | ||||||||
1954 | 26 | 33 | 5 | 13 | 31 | 46 | ||||||
1955 | 21 | 17 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 26 | 26 | ||||
1956 | 21 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 15 | ||||||
Total | 160 | 177 | 10 | 32 | 6 | 8 | 176 | 217 | ||||
Young Fellows Juventus | 1957–58 | Nationalliga A | 11 | 7 | 11 | 7 | ||||||
Barcelona | 1958–59 | La Liga | 4 | 4 | 6 | 11 | — | 0 | 0 | 10 | 15 | |
1959–60 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | — | 4 | 5 | 13 | 8 | |||
1960–61 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 1 | — | 9 | 6 | 20 | 11 | |||
1961–62 | 20 | 17 | 2 | 0 | — | 6 | 3 | 28 | 20 | |||
1962–63 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 3 | — | 3 | 4 | 19 | 9 | |||
1963–64 | 19 | 12 | 6 | 4 | — | 4 | 3 | 29 | 19 | |||
1964–65 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 3 | 0 | 7 | 0 | |||
Total | 75 | 42 | 22 | 19 | — | 29 | 21 | 126 | 82 | |||
Career total | 335 | 293 | 32 | 51 | 35 | 29 | 402 | 373 |
- Schweizer Cup, Copa del Rey
- ^ Includes Supercopa de España
International
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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Hungary | 1948 | 1 | 2 |
1949 | 6 | 5 | |
1950 | 6 | 5 | |
1951 | 3 | 6 | |
1952 | 12 | 16 | |
1953 | 5 | 1 | |
1954 | 14 | 23 | |
1955 | 12 | 10 | |
1956 | 9 | 7 | |
Total | 68 | 75 |
Honours
Ferencváros
- Nemzeti Bajnokság I: 1949
Honvéd
- Nemzeti Bajnokság I: 1952, 1954, 1955
Barcelona
- La Liga: 1958–59, 1959–60
- Copa del Generalísimo: 1958–59, 1962–63
- Inter-Cities Fairs Cup: 1958–60
- European Cup runner-up: 1960-61
Hungary
- Summer Olympics: 1952
- Central European International Cup: 1948–53
- FIFA World Cup runner-up: 1954
- Central European International Cup: Runner-up: 1955–60
Individual
- Hungarian Football Federation Player of the Year: 1954
- FIFA World Cup Golden Boot: 1954
- FIFA World Cup All-Star Team: 1954
- World Soccer: The 100 Greatest Footballers of All Time
- Ballon d'Or: 8th place 1956
Sources
- Behind The Curtain — Travels in Eastern European Football: Jonathan Wilson (2006)[13]
- The World Cup — The Complete History: Terry Crouch (2002)[14]
- 50 Years of the European Cup and Champions League: Keir Radnedge (2005)[15]
Notes
- ^ From 1950 to 1951 the club's name was ÉDOSZ SE
See also
- List of men's footballers with 50 or more international goals
- List of men's footballers with 500 or more goals
- List of Eastern Bloc defectors
References
- ^ "Sándor Kocsis". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 6 January 2022.
- ^ "Estadísticas de Sándor Kocsis Péter". FC Barcelona (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 1 December 2022. Retrieved 26 July 2023.
- ^ "Statistics and Records - FIFA World Cup - Players". FIFA.com. Archived from the original on 28 August 2015. Retrieved 31 August 2018.
- ^ "International matches/Selects". RSSSF. 30 June 2022. Retrieved 13 July 2022.
- ^ "Sándor Kocsis". eu-football.info. Retrieved 13 July 2022.
- ^ a b "Wall of Fame: Sándor Kocsis". Infostrada Sports. Archived from the original on 1 February 2009. Retrieved 10 July 2016.
- ^ "Sándor Kocsis". Olympedia. Retrieved 5 November 2021.
- ^ "FIFA : The World Cup's hat-trick kings". Retrieved 16 August 2020.
- ^ Balaram, Aditya (15 September 2012). "SA?ndor Kocsis ai??i?? The Man With The Golden Head (THT Heroes)". Thehardtackle.com.
- ^ "Sandor KOCSIS (サンドール・コチシュ) @ LEVEL-K". www.level-k.com.
- ^ Sándor Kocsis at National-Football-Teams.com
- ^ "Sándor Kocsis - Goals in International Matches". RSSSF.
- ^ Wilson, Jonathan. Behind the Curtain: Travels in Football in Eastern Europe. ASIN 0752869078.
- ISBN 1845131495.
- ^ Radnedge, Keir. 50 Years of the European Cup and Champions League. ASIN 1844425290.